DO NOW
Copy the vocabulary words on page 183 of HOLT TEXT into your notebooks.
1. The death of Edgar Allen Poe - THEORIES
a. He died of alcohol.
b. He died of an illness called encephilitis (swelling of the brain).
c. He dies of Rabies.
2. Read the article on page 189. Hunt for main ideas in each paragraph. Write them down in your notebooks.
3. Use graphic organizer to complete "MAIN IDEAS AND SUPPORTING DETAILS."
What is the main idea of this article? - it suggests that POE died of alcoholism.
WRITE THAT DOWN AS YOUR MAIN IDEA.
Then, find SPECIFIC supporting details that suggest he did die of Alcoholism.
On the other side of the handout, for main idea, write, "DID NOT DIE OF RABIES."
Then, find the supporting details in the SAME article for this belief.
4. Review graphic organizers.
5. Exit pass - do you think the author of this letter is reliable or unreliable? Is the evidence (supporting details) based on strong facts or can it be questioned?
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